Chemical Hearts (Amazon) Rating: Verdict: Teen love tearjerker Perfumes (Curzon on demand and cinemas) Rating: Verdict: French olfactory odd couple The One And Only Ivan (Disney Plus) Rating: Verdict: Live-action gorilla getaway Film streamers such as Amazon and Netflix are churning out coming-of-age romances in a hormonal rush right now. The latest, Chemical Hearts, will … Read more
Albion (BBC4 on Sunday at 10.10pm and then on iPlayer) Rating: Verdict: Stage epic falters on the small screen The Comedy of Errors (Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester) Rating: Verdict: Jolly slapstick in the sun Fanny and Stella (Garden Theatre at the Eagle, Vauxhall, London) Rating: Verdict: Lewd Carry On Cast your mind back, … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Moaning about a soaking on the flume? Don’t be so wet! By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:34 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 02:34 BST, 10 August 2020 Inside Legoland: A World Of Wonder Rating: Rolling In It Rating: Royal watchers desperate for a glimpse of … Read more
A View From The Bridge (NTLive, in cinemas from Thursday) Rating: Verdict: Handsomely austere The Hound Of The Baskervilles (Watermill Theatre Gardens, Newbury) Rating: Verdict: Ideal Holmes Watching Rosie (originaltheatreonline.com) Rating: Verdict: Ten minutes well spent Hunted: Mark Strong in A View From The Bridge This fabulous production of A View From The Bridge, Arthur … Read more
How To Lose Weight Well: Summer Special Rating: Cuba: Castro vs The World Rating: What happened to Carmen Miranda? She was the Lady In The Tutti Frutti Hat, the Latin-American dynamo who shook her hips to the samba while throwing fruity winks at the camera. Barely five feet tall, she was the darling of Rio … Read more
Let’s have lots more Bollywood passion, with no strings attached! CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews weekend TV By Christopher Stevens Reviews Weekend Tv Published: 01:23 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 01:27 BST, 3 August 2020 A Suitable Boy Rating: Gospel According To Mica Rating: Lennon and McCartney had the right idea. When it comes to sitars, … Read more
Tully Smyth has been left shattered after her new podcast received scathing one star reviews from listeners. In a series of Instagram posts shared around 1am on Saturday morning, the former Big Brother admitted that she was struggling to cope with the negative feedback that her Too Much Tully podcast has been getting. Posting a … Read more
Much Ado About Nothing (BBC iPlayer) Rating: Verdict: Gorgeously cosy nostalgia Treasure (BBC iPlayer) Rating: Verdict: Crafty tale of the unexpected First Things (Scenes For Survival, nationaltheatrescotland.com) Rating: Verdict: Sweetly sentimental elegy We were supposed to have news this week of Andrew Scott in Stephen Beresford’s one-man play Three Kings, live-streamed from London’s Old Vic. Unfortunately, … Read more
A Suitable Boy Rating: Generations divided by love, scandal and secrets – tick! Extravagant costumes and ostentatious wealth flaunted by two sparring families with million-dollar hairdos – tick! A wrestling match that ends with a plunge into the pool – tick! Fans of the ultra-camp Eighties serial Dynasty might be forgiven for feeling that A … Read more
Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore has won huge praise from fans and critics following its surprise release at midnight on Friday. The songstress, 30, stunned her legion of ‘Swifties’ around the globe when she announced she was set to release her eighth album, consisting of 16 songs penned during lockdown to help her pour out … Read more